英语PK台 第590期:《老友记》900句(36)

 　　地点：钱德勒和乔伊公寓

　　人物：罗斯，瑞秋，莫妮卡，乔伊

　　事件：瑞秋养了一只长相奇怪又不听话的猫，怪猫把她的胳膊抓花了。

　　Ross: Check it out! Almost 3 hours without droppin' it!

　　罗斯：快看！扔了快3个小时都没掉！

　　Rachel: Oh, wow! Congratulations; that's quite a waste of time.

　　瑞秋：哦，哇！恭喜！真是浪费时间啊！

　　Monica: Rach? You have scratches all over you.What happened?

　　莫妮卡：瑞，你身上全是抓痕，发生什么了？

　　Rachel: Well, it's my cat.

　　瑞秋：啊，我的猫抓的。

　　Monica: What?

　　莫妮卡：什么？

　　Rachel: Oh yeah, I got a cat.

　　瑞秋：哦，是啊，我买了只猫。

　　Monica: I don't want a cat!

　　莫妮卡：我不想养猫！

　　Joey: Oh, don't worry, it's not a cat.

　　乔伊：哦，别担心，那不是猫。

　　Rachel: You guys this cat is nothing like my grandmother's cat. I mean, it's not sweet, it's not cute. I even dragged that little string on the ground, and it just flipped¹ out and scratched the hell² out of me. And I swear, I know this sounds crazy, but every time this cat hisses³ at me I know it's saying, "Rachel!"

　　瑞秋：我跟你们说，这猫跟我祖母养的一点儿都不一样，它一点儿都不温柔，也不可爱，我拉着线放在地上逗它，它居然发了疯似的把我抓花了。我发誓，虽然听起来有点儿不靠谱，但是每次它嘘我的时候，都在说“瑞秋”！

　　Ross: Doesn't sound as crazy as paying a thousand dollars for a cat.

　　罗斯：还是你花1000块钱买只猫听上去更不靠谱。

　　Monica: What? You paid a thousand dollars for a cat when you owe me 300!

　　莫妮卡：什么？你还欠我300块钱呢，却花了1000块钱买只猫！

　　Rachel: Well, I was gonna let you play with it.

　　瑞秋：呃，我本来是打算让你跟它玩儿的。

1 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

2 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

3 hisses   

嘶嘶声( hiss的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The speaker was received with a mixture of applause and hisses. 那演说者同时得到喝彩声和嘘声。
• A fire hisses if water is thrown on it. 把水浇到火上，火就发出嘶嘶声。